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R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded esKinahan's LL Whisky." THE LONDON RESTAURANT COMPANY (Limited). No. 2, BRANCH, CATHERINE-STREET, STRAND. Manager, Mr. FORD. The GRAND SALOON Open Daily as a Salle a Manger for Ladies and Gentlemen. The SHILLING DINNER in the Lower Hall from Twelve till Pour. T. C. SHARP, Managing Director. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the BANK of HINDUSTAN, CHINA, and JAPAN [Li m i ted),, has REMOVED from if, Cornhill, to No. BANK BUILDINGS, Lothbury. By order, R. SPIRE TOMLIN, Secretary. 1, Bank-buildings, August 24, 1864. T " IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA, INDIA, AND JAPAN (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDI NARY GENERAL MEETI NG of the COMPANY will be held at the Offices of the Company, 8, Wallbrook, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 12th day of September next, at Twelve o'clo - k at noon precisely, to confirm certain Resolu tions passed by the Company in Extraordinary Geueral Meeting on the 25th day of August, 1864, of which the follow ing are copies, viz. :- 1. " That an agreement, dated the 24th day of August, 1864, and made between the B nk of Hindustan, China, and Japan (limited), of the one part, and this Company of the other part, having been read and submitted to this Meeting, this Company do hereby approve of the same, and do authorise the Directors to affix the seal of the Company thereto." 2. "That this Company be wound up voluntarily." 3. "That the Hon. 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And if any member shall ex press his dissent from this resolution by a notice in writing to the liquidators not later than seven days after the Meet ing at which this resolution is passed, and sha'l require the liquidators to purchase the interest of sinh dissentient mem ber, the liquidators shall raise the purchase money to be paid to such dissentient member by the sale of the share or shares in the Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan (limited), w hi c h , under the ter ms of the said agreement, would have been allotted to such dissentient member." By order of the Board. HENRY TURNER, Manager. 8, Wallbrook, Aug. 30, 1861. SHORTHAND,,-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIL TEACHER. 6d, ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND PITMAN'S PHONOGRA, PRIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. QHORTHA ND.-"PITMAN'S GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists. Sir Rowland Hill HAIR-CURLING FLUID. 248, High Holborn, X. 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He also trusted that the time would tome when Sheffield would be made the chie residence of the Duke of Norfolk. He should use his efforts to bring about that result. The health of " His Grace the Duke of Rutland" and that of " His Grace the Duke of Devonshire" were proposed by Mr Henry Colley; Mr T. Dunn proposed the health of " Earl Fitzwilliam ;" and Mr J. J. Smith proposed the health of " Lord Wharncliffe and the House of Wortley," and the Hon. J. F. Wortley responded. Mr Henry Harrison proposed the health of "the Right Hon. Lord Denman." In his reply Lord DENMAN spoke with some warmth against the conduct of the Government in the Dano• Ger man question ; he gave his reason for voting against the Government on the occasion of the discussion on the Vote of Censure, and defended the giving of proxies by those who were not present, stating that the correspondence on the subject was so full that persons who read it were as capable of giving their vote as those who were present at the debate. His Lordship quoted from speeches made by Lord Wodehouse in 1815 and his own father in 1823 to shcw that the course adopted by Government in the Dano-German affair was highly censurable, and concluded by saying that if Parliament did not meet earlyand prevent the aggressions of Prussia he did not know where the matter would end. (His Lordship was listened to with marked impatience, and was frequently interrupted by ironical cheering.) In reply to the health of the "Enough Members," Mr ROEBUCK, who was received with protracted cheers, said :—Master-Cutier,—l have to thank Master Hunter, Sir, for the very kind manner in which he has proposed my health and that of my hon, colleague, and I have to shank you, gentlemen, for the kind manner in which you have re ceived the toast. The health of my colleague brings to my mind the fact of his absence, and that we all deplore the cause of it more than his mere absence. (Hear, hear.) I am sure that if he had been here he would have returned thanks in terms tar more eloquent than I am able to employ. (No. no.) Sir, in looking back along the long vista of the years in which I have been member of Parliament, at the end of it I see myself proposing myself to be a member of Parliament ; and now, when I have grown an old man, I wonder, Sir, at my own temerity—l may say my audacity —upon that occasion, for when I recollect what a man has to consider who represents England in the House of Com mons lam startled and frightened at the result. The House of Commons forms the greatest part, the most im portant portion, of the Government of England—(hear, hear) —and that important portion influences not only the interior Government of the country to which we all belong, but it goes far abroad. Wherever the news of England is heard—and where is it not heard ?—(hear, hear) —the influence of the English House of Commons prevails —wherever men are working for liberty, there the Eng lish House of Commons is cited ; and wherever they are endeavouring to free themselves from the fetters which _ _ English House of Commons is heard. All the influence of the House of Commons influences mankind from beginning to end, and I say, sir, I am startled with the temerity which guided me upon that occasion as a man who proposed him. self as a representative of the people of England, for you will recollect that the commerce of England pervades every portion of the universe, and that wherever the commerce of England goes there ought to go—there does go—the pre vailing power of the people of England to protect her sone. Well, then, there have arisen from time to time difficulties which have been submitted to the House of Commons, and I, as a member of the Houk, of Commons, have had to de cide upon those great and important questions. Well, sir, I say I am now startled at the recollection of what I then Undertook. The commerce, the name of England, as I have said, pervades the whole world, her name goes to the verge of civilisation and beyond, and her laws—the laws that are propounded in the House of Commons—go with the name of England. Well, sir, I have been taught to believe and I think I am right in believing that the business of a legisla tor is a matter to be learned—that law making is a subject which requires an apprenticeship. Why not ? The lawyer goes through certain forms, e. member of the Church of England goes through certain forms, but it would seem a legislator is what I have heard of the gig driver—it comes by instinct. Every man believes that he is in the position to make laws for the country to which he belongs. Well, sir, I think very differently. When I put before myself the point at which I aimed—that of being a representative of the people of England in the House of Common—what I did was to consider everything which I thought would con duce to make an efficient member of the House of Com.. mons. There were three things which I found requisite as a member of the house—first,appropriate knowledge; next, honesty; and thirdly, courage --and any one of these three being absent I found would nullify the other two. I found that you could have perfect knowledge ; that ;you could have a desire to do well, but that if you had not courage to face the difficulties the thing fell before you—(hear, hear) — and you don't know, sir, the difficulties a member of the House of Commons—but there is one present, sir, who will tell you (alluding to Sir F. Crossley) that I speak truly-- has to encounter. There is cajolery of every sort, there is temptation of every description--but the grand thing is that the man should say to himself, " Now I am here repre senting the people of England," for though I ara returned for the borough of Sheffield, still I am also representing the people of England, (Applause.) Mind that. There is no mistake. Though I read in the papers that I am mistaken, still that is the fact—l am representing the people of England, And in this great capacity you don't know, sir, the difficulties we have to go through. Why, I will only state one class of those difficulties. Do what I will, sir, I feel very much like the drummer-boy ; who said, " Hit him where you will, you cannot please him," (Laughter.) I feel, sir, that say what I like there are people determined to oppose it. I feel, sir, that there are buzzing flies, not simply bred in di r t, b ut nurtured in dirt. Their only object is to be uncomfortable to cleanly people. (Laughter.) Now, that is really the thing we have to go through. Do what we will—and lam only answering the toast of " The Members for Sheffield"—do what we will, We cannot please everybody. Now, I believe we have before us —and I speak in the name of my colleagues as well as in the name of myself—difficulties as great as have ever fallen to the lot of the representatives of the people of England. Great indeed are now our difficulties. A Tory of the old fashioned stamp you cannot find now—we are all Libe rals, every man of us. I want to know now where is the man who is opposed to free trade? Where is the man who will say the difficulties have happened which he predicted before the Reformed Parliament ? I would admire any man who could catch a real old fashioned Tory. 1 should advise him to put him under a glass shade and send him to a geological society as an antiquated specimen. (Laughter.) Sir, these are my views. Now, I have been representing the people of Eng land for some two and thirty years—l wish it were a shorter time, sir, for then I should be a younger man ; but the fact is so—but I will tell any man who wishes to represent the people of England that he had better prepare himself for that great work by learning the great business of life, that the world is before him, and that the people of England influence the world. Sir, I thank you. (Cheers,) Sir FRANCIS CROSSLEY, in returning thanks for the mem bers of the West Riding, said—Master Cutler, my Lords, and Gentlemen—Many have been the invitations which I have rec ived from you and the members of the corporation, but this is the first time I have had the pleasure of accepting the hospitality of the Master Culler. I am glad of thi s opportunity, as one of the West Riding members, of address ing the constituency of the southern, and by far the larg es t of the ridings of Yorkshire. Parliament in its wisdom has seen fit to divide the representation of Yorkshire into twe, and, as Sheffield is one of the largest, I am glad of this oppor tunity to say a word at parting. I must speak a little politics, for I feel that England has meddled in the affairs of other na tions, for £800,000,000 is too large a sum to expend, and there were the lives that were sacrificed in entering into war. I think that this country acted quite right in not interfering wi th th e struggles at prese !Ilt gnincr ".. - 4 - ET judicial tribunals cf the country, or for " bearing false wit ness against a neighbour," and who glory in the love and observance of law, truth, and justice, will not only prevent the House of Commons from being misled by flipp an t un founded insinuations, ambiguities, and fallacious statements, but for ever more will seure to 11 , 3 r Majesty's subjects their undoubted rights and liberties, and carry an address to :he Sovereign, that there is an obligati non her Ma jesty, in her sacred character as dispenser of justice, to grant her fiat to my petition of right. SHEFFIELD, Sept. 1. The annual bar quet known as the Cutlers' Feast took place in the Cutlers'-hall, Sheffield, to-night, and passed off with the greatest eclat. The Master-Cutler is Mr Charles Atkinson, and among those who honoured him with their company were the Mayor (Mr Thomas Joseph), Lord E. Howard, Lord Den man, the Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Mr Roebuck, M.P., Sir F. Crossley, M.P., &c. The dinner was of the choicest possible description, and the display of plate of the most profuse and attractive kint THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEk 2, 1864 JU U RN I U RE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLEiIGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo udm - able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. 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Renewal of the Stockton Four-year -old Claret Stakes of 15 cove each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared on the first Tuesday in January, 1863, with 100 added; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; penalties and allowances. Two miles. 44 subs; 6 pay 5 sous each. Mr Bowes's Old Orange Girl, Bst 71b (J. Doyle) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Erin-go-Bragh, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) 2 Mr T. Hughes's Lord in Waiting, Bst 101 b (Snowden) 3 Mr J. Osborne's Fanfaron, Bst 101 b ..(J. Osborne) 0 Betting--5 to 4on Old Orange Girl, sto 2 agat Erin-go- Bragh, 10 to 1 eget Fsnfaron. Won by a length, three lengths between second and third. The Garbutt Nursery Pedestrian Handicap of 100 save, for two-yr-olds ; winners extra, T.Y.C. Mr J. Osborne's Brown Bread, 7st 91b ~.. (Carroll) 1 Mr Jackson's Catalogue, Est 81b (Sharp) 2 Mr Ringrose's Lady Sykes, 7st 1olb The following also ran :—Tilt, Naples, Frangipani colt, Pink, Moll Flagon, Chesterfield, Anonynia, Rondoletia, and Whip. Betting-5 to 2 agst Naples, 3to 1 agst Catalogue, sto 1 agst Anonyma, 100 to 8 aget Brown Bread, Won by a length, three lengths between second and third. The Corporation Plate (Handicap) of 30 soya, for all ages winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr W. G. Bennett's Voluptas, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb - . - (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Wales's Garotter, 3 yrs, 7st 61b .. (H. Covey) 2 Mr W. Gardiner's Huntsman's Daughter, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Day) 3 The following also ran :—Heeper, Miss Dora, and Risk. Betting-5 to 4 agst Voluptas, 2to 1 agst Garotter, 3to 1 agst Reaper. Won by a length; two lengths between second and third. First Year of the Eighth Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 sus each, h ft, with 20 added, for two-yr-olds ; second to gave his stake : colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b. One mile and a half. 43 subs. Mr John Osborne's Wild Agnes, Bst 31b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr F. Watt's 01coar, 9st 31b Mr A. de Montgomery's Lalla Rookh, Bst 3lb . (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Daniel O'Rourke, Sweet Mar gery, War-whoop, Wings of the Wind, and Nothing More. Betting-2 to lon Wild Agnes, sto 1 agst Olmar, 6to 1 agst Wings of the Wind, 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a length and a half; two lengths between se cond and third. The Stockton (Stewards') Cup (Handicap), for all ages, a piece of plate value 200 soya, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 60 added ; winners extra. One mile. 19 subs. Lord Zetland'a Bandarilla, 3 yrs, 5t 91b ...... (Carroll) 1 Mr Wale's Molly Carew, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b .... (H. Covey) 2 Mr Bowes's Old Orange Girl, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (ino. 91b ex.) .... (Snowden) 3 Flirtation and Honest John also ran. Betting—. 2 to 1 agst Bandarilla, 5 to 2 agst Molly Carew, 5 to 1 agst Old Orange Girl, 100 to 15 agst Flirtation. Won by ten lengths ; a bad third, The GRAND STAND SELLING STARES of 3 soya each, with 25 added, for all ages; selling and other allowances; winners extra- Half mile. Mr Masterman's Woo dbine, 3 yrs (#;O) yst izrn _ (Noble) 1 Mr W. G. Bennett's Chelmsford, 2 yrs (£33) Git 13Ib (Loates) 2 Mr Yeward's Tabitha Bramble, 2 yrs (x3c,) 6st 71b (Lawrence) 3 The following also ran :—The Dawdler, Lyra, Full Speed, and Miss Dora. Betting -5 to 4 agst Chelmsford, 4to 1 agst The Dawd• ler, 5 to 1 agst Lyra, 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a length —two lengths between the second and third. The Middlesborough Handicap of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and three if declared ; winners extra; second to receive 10 soya. One mile and a half, 25 subs. Mr J. Barber's The Clown, 3 yrs, 7st 81b ..(Grimsbaw) 1 Mr Chilton's Little Duchess, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Carroll) 2 Mr Stewart's Alice, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Stirrup Cup, Changeable, and Madame Patti. Betting.-2 to lon The Clown, 4to 1 agst Alice. Won by two lengths—three lengths between the second third. ERRATUM.--In transmitting the return of the race for the Great Northern Leger on Wednesday a mistake oc curred in the betting, Instead of 7 to 4 agst Claremont, it should have been 7 to 4 cn him, o n Public Petitions, page 566, 1836) —hut by the personal evidence of the Queen, who, on February 20th, 1839, and on several subsequent occasions, has been graciously pleased to receive me and tc permit my presenting to her Majesty my petition, complaining of her servants commit ting so great an outrage on my character, feelings, and liberty, which ought to be the object and especial care of the Crown—l will now proceed to give a few instances of the Attorney-General fur England's statements. In the commencement of that eloquent personage's address to the House of Commons, on the 26th ult., he alleged as follows : —" It so happened that the last of those so called petitions of right was presented by Mr O'Malley Irwin in the time of his immediate predecessor (Sir William Atherton), who added another to the numerous Attorney-Generals, who had all felt it to be absolutely inconsistent with their duty to endorse the fiat en a petition of right of that description." This statement is utterly incorrect and unfounded. It is also a libel on the great constitutional learning and integrity of the late lamented Attorney-General, Sir W, Atherton, and on the other " numerous Attorney-Generals" referred to, especially Sir Fitzroy Kelly—the foremost member of the English bar—who held the high office of Attorney- General for England, and on the 21st of July 1863, stated in the House of Commons : " That the Secretary of Statehadno right whatever,whether Mr O'Malley Irwin was right or wrong, to interfere in a matter relating to the petition of right to the Crown, that it was a constitutional right, which the subject by virtue of the act (23d and 24th Vic„ c. 34) was entitled to ask; and that no person and no authority, whether he be a Secretary of State or otherwise, had any right whatever to advise her Majesty not to issue her fiat,directing that the petitioner be:heard before her Ma jesty's judges of the Court of Queen's Bench in the matter of his petition of right." Sir William Atherton's letter, dated 26th October, 1861, addressed to my solicitor, Mr Pullen, proves that Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, kept Sir Witham Atherton, the then first law-adviser of the Crown, ignorant of the particulars of my petition of right case, and did not refer to him for adjudication officially, and in the usual official manner, my petition, which Mr Pullen had duly left at the Home-office on the 17th September, 1861, for that purpose. On this occasion, Sir George Grey, by letter, dated September 30, 1861 (without having consulted Sir William Atherton, the Attorney- General, as to endorsing the fiat on my petition of right of 17th September, 1861,) took upon himself to inform me through Mr Waddington, the Under-Secretary of State, " that the matter to which the petition relates does not form the ground of a petition of right, and, therefore, it cannot be endorsed in the usual manner." These facts cannot be controverted. They manifestly appear by comparing the respective dates of the petition of right, 17th Sept., 1861, and of Sir G. Grey's letter, 30th Sept., 1861, with the subsequent date of Sir W. Atherton's letter, 26th Oct., 1861, which was addressed to my solicitor, Chas. A. Pullen, Esq., 22, Chancery-lane, expressly stat ing, " that he (Sir W, Atherton) was ignorant of the particulars of the case." Moreover, a special endorsement, to which I refer Sir R. Palmer, appears to have been made at the Home Office, as to the petition of right of 24th April, 1861, "that it was not to be referred to SirW. Ather ton, the Attorney-General." This endorsement, together with the word "nil," is written on my official letter of the 15th July,lB6l,which, together with a "memorandum" and "statement of facts," I addressed to theHomeOffice, in order that that petition of right might officially, and in the usual official manner, be referred for the adjudication of the then Attorney-General, Sir William Atherton. My solicitor also addressed a letter, dated the 21st of May, 1862, to Sir G. Grey, referring him especially to the above letter of 15th July, 1861; but all to no effect—Sir W. Atherton being studiously kept ignorant of this case. (See page 8, Sessional Paper," 342, 1863 ) Sir R. Palmer's nest allegation to the House of Com mons, in relation to Attorney-General, Sir W. Follett, whose legal acumen and constitutional learning could only be equalled by his " love and observance of law, truth, and justice," is as inconsistent with the fact, as the learned gentleman's statements in reference to Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Sir William Atherton. It is as follows :- OMr Irwin himself said that in July, 1844, he transmitted through Sir William Follett ; then Attor ney-General, his petition of right to the Secretary of State," " but Sir W. Follett was of opinion that it was no petition of right at all." Facts are stubtorn things. Sir R. Palmer can readily satisfy himself how utterly fallacious this statement is by referring to the Home-office, where he can see, on record there, Sir W. Follett's autograph letter, dated July, 1844, which he felt it his duty to address, as her Majesty's Attorney-General, " officially and in the usual official form,"to the then Home Secretars, accom panying Lily p..y.00 1.141,115 that petition submitted for her Majesty's Royal endorse ment, " Let right be done," in order that the matter in dispute between the Crown and myself might be decided by the competent jurisdiction. Sir R. Palmer also continued to assure the House of Commons, that a petition of right had been presented by me, when Lord Chelmsford was Attorney-General, and that it was laid before him, then Sir F. Thesiger, " to ascertain whether he would advise the usual endorsement to De put upon it, and the fact that that was not done showed that Lord Chelmsford, like all other attorney generals, was of opinion that this was no petition of right at all." This statement is purely a myth—based on no other foundation than the very vivacious imagination of Sir Roundell Palmer. The simple fact is, that no petition of right at all was presented on my behalf when Lord Chelmsford was attorney general, and no such petition was laid before his Lordship. It is to be regretted that Sir. R. Palmer, like Attorney. General Heath in Charles I.'s time, should so far forget himself, and the high and exalted duties'which devolved on him, as her Majesty's Attorney-General, thus by statements so wholly fallacious, as well as by flippant expressions, to attempt the repeal of the most important statute which has passed since the Great Charter, for remedying the griev ances and better securing the rights and liberties of her Majesty's subjects. I charge the Attorney-General, Sir R. Palmer, with it. I brand it on his forehead—exsurge carnifex! The flippant expressions, to which i allude, are Sir R. Palmer's insinuations, in his reply to Sir F. Kelly's state ment to the House of Commons on Friday, the 22d ult., when referring to the all-important autograph official letter, dated 12th Oct., 1834 (which was addressed by Mr Robert Johnston, the late assistant barrister for the county of Mayo, to the then Chief Secretary for Ireland), Sir Roun dell actually ventured to insinuate " that it was impossible to say it was not also a forgery." The high character, posi tion, and station of the right hon. Earl Russell place his lordship's evidence on this head beyond all doubt and suspi cion, as proof that the flippant insinuations of her Majesty's AttorneyGeneral,Sirß. Palmer,are as fallacious as his state ments. Earl Russell has sworn, filed, and recorded hie affidavit in the Queen's Bench in June, 1839, alleging as follows :—" That the said papers and documents required by the said subpoena (viz., a letter dated Oct. 12th, 1834, ad dressed by Mr Robert Johnston, the late assistant barrister for the county of Mayo, to the then Chief Secretary for Ire land, and other documents), were in his custody as Secre tary of State." Sir G. Grey was duly served with a subpcena duces team, as her Majesty's Secretary of State, to produce this letter of Oct. 12th, 1834, and certain other documents, but that right hon. gentleman thought proper to treat with contempt her Majesty's writ, and not to comply therewith. Fortunately for him Sir John Coleridge had not been the presiding judge on that occasion. _ _ _ Ihe note, which is annexed to sessional paper, 447, 1864 (being the return to the House of Commons, containing the important official copies, which Sir Fitzroy Kelly suc ceeded in necessitating the Home-office to furnish), states " that the letter of Oct. 12th was abstracted from the Crown Solicitor's papers during the trial of Mr O'Malley Irwin, in 1835," and "has never been recovered." Earl Russell's affidavit also proves how fallacious are the statements in this note, furnished by the Home.office to the House of Come mobs, as regards the ambiguity of not specifying which of the trials (both having occurred in 1835), and as regards the allegation " that the letter of Oct. 12th had never been recovered." Nothing can justify Sir George Grey's allegations in the house, so prejudicial to me in reference to the documents which Mr Spencer Walpole felt it to be his duty to place in my hands—actuated by the same "love of law, truth, and justice" so pre-eminently distinguishing and characteristic of that right hon. gentle man, and of the late eminent Lord Chief Justice Penne father and Baron Greene, who, as her Majesty's benchers, have written so kindly and in so favourable a view on my behalf, I beg leave, for my own justification, to quote in extenso the letter which Mr Walpole wrote on the occasion of his having left sealed up, with instructions to give to me, the documents which Sir G. Grey stated " must have been abstracted from the office of the Secretary of State," adding "no doubt they came to the hou member for the King's County through Mr O'Malley Irwin." It is as follows January 27, 1860. Beat Mr O'Malley Irwin,—l have brought up some papers, and left them sealed up in Graiton-street, with in structions to give them to you.—Boar Sir, yours ever very faithfully, S. 11, WALPOLE. G. O'Malley Irwin, Esq. The fundamental securities of the rights and liber ties of her Majesty's subjects all over the globe are now being undermined by the unconstitutional conduct of her Majesty's high officials, actuated by statements " wholly fallacious," and by secret evidence in the private chan:_ be r Qf the Home-office, " totally false," and I am on trial before the wt ole Onpire. I hope, however, nest session of Parliament to chronicle that I have passed creditably - 4." A that all thA RAnatoria— DERBY MEETING-THURSDAY. ----- The Bretby Stakes of 25 soya each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra. Half a mile. Marquis of Hastings' Lady Egidia, Peggy, Bst I.llb — (Pordam) w.o. The Donnington Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr Saundera's Belle of the Ball, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Capt. Christie' s Th e W arr i or, 4 y rs, 7s ( t i‘la s i l d b nunt) 1 (J. Grimshaw) 2 Betting,-9 to 4on Warrior. Won by a head. . _ The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 30 sots, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. - - • Lord Coventry's Zara, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (J. Grimshaw) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Lansdown,2 yrs, sst 121 b.. (Phillips) 2 Mr Craven's Llangollen, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Adkins) 3 Mr Wood's Pupil, 5 yrs, 83t 101 b (Warrington) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst Zara and Lansdown, 4to 1 agst Llangollen. Won by two lengths, a neck between the second and third; a bad fourth. A Selling Stakes ol 5 sons each, with 40 added, for 2_yr olds, Bst 101 b; selling and other allowances. Half a mile. Marquis of Hastings' Roulette, Est 111 b (Sayers) 1 Lord Coventry's Stygne, 6st 111 b (Phillips) 2 Filly by Longbow, Est 111 b (J. Grimahaw) 3 Betting--7 to 4on Longbow filly, sto 2 agst Stygne, 6 to 1 agst Roulette. Won by a length, a length between the second and third. The winner was bought by Mr Bruce for 95 guineas. The Chatsworth Stakes (Handicap) of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya each. One mile and a half. Duke of Beaufort's Black Rock, 3 yrs, 6st_Blb _ _ (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Cliff's Wildman, 3 yrs, alt 6lb (Kenyon) 2 Mr Craven's Little Savage, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Adkins) 3 Marquis of Hastings' Tippler, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Black Rock, 3to 1 agst Tippler. Won by a length, a neck between the second and third; bad fourth. The Moira Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 50 added. One mile. Duke of Beaufort's Black Rock, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Marquis of Hastings' Trumps, 4 yrs, 7st 21b .. (Deacon) 2 Mr Craven's Llangollen, 3 yrs, 6st.. .. (Adkins) 3 Mr Handley's Sea Boy, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Kenyon) 4 Mr Craven's Little Savage, 3 yrs, Est (Sayers) 5 Betting -5 to 4on Black Rock, 7to 4 aget Trumps, 10 to 1 any other. Won by a length and a half, a head between the second and third ; a good fourth. • _ The Members' Plate of 40 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; weight for age ; selling and other allow ances. Three quarters of a mile. Mr Crook's Loiter, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (E. Taylor) 1 Lord Coventry's Stygne, 2 yrs, sst 81b (car sst 121 b) ayers 2 Marquis of Ha s ti ngs ' P erseverance, 4 yrs, Bst (F (S rench) 3 Betting-4 to lon Loafer. Won by two lengths; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 73 guineas, Stygne was bought by Captain Granville for 21 guineas, and Perseverance by Mr Cotton for 30 guineas. The Sudbury Place (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50 added. About three quarters of a mile. Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (J. Gtimshaw) 1 Marquis of Hastings' Attraction, 3 yrs, Sat 81b _ . ani Duke of Beaufort's C r yth e i a , 3 yrs , 7 s t 71b ( car 7st ordh 81b)) 2 French) 3 Mr Barber's C u t away , 3 yrs, E s t 121 b (T (Kenyon) 4 Mr Etche's Fluke, 4 yrs, Est 41b.... (Sayers) 5 Mr Goodlass's Pretty Girl filly, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Ward) 0 Betting-11 to 10 - it B ags. ... , irdfinder. 3 to 1 Rost Crvtliai._ third ; a bad fourth. Pretiy Girl filly bolted, had threw her jockey. The Harrington Stakes of 40 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; penalties and allowances. About half a mile. Mr Hartley's Eugenie, Bst 121 b (Payne) w.o. WEYMOUTH RAJES—THURSDAY. The Weymouth Trial Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; winners extra. One mile. Mr Brayley's Pelios, 3 yrs, 7st (Cannon) 1 Mr Soper's Mountain Doe, 4 yrs, 7st (Hibbert) 2 Mr Waller's Antonio, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Holland) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Pelios, 2to 1 agst any other. Won by a length; a head between second and third. A Sweepstakes of 5 Boys each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b ; penalties and allowances. Half a mile. Captain W. H. Cooper's Anti-macassar 9st (F. Adams) 1 Mr W. Day's Fille du Regime n t, B s t 61b ..... (Bollen) 2 Betting-11 to 2on Anti-macassar, who won by a short head. The Portland Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya; winners extra. Three - quarters of a mile. Mr Brayley's Pelios, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Cannon) 1 Mr H. J. Smith's Fitz-Avon, aged, 7st 111 b.... (Grubb) 2 Mr Shrimpton's Diploma, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Elphick) 3 The following also ran :—Belle-of-the Vale, Fille du Regiment, Milford, and Dr Swishtail. Betting-3 to 1 agst Pelios, 7to 2 agst Belle of the Vale, 4 to 1 agat Fille du Regiment, 5 to 1 agat Fitz Avon. Won by a length; a neck betymen second and third. A Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added; weight for ' age, with selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr George's Rosette, 2 yrs, (h. b.), Est 71b.... (C, Page) 1 Mr Brayley's Wee Aggie, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Cannon) 2 Mr J. Faretra. 3 yrs, 7st 91b Mr W. Day's Spasms c o lt, 2 y rs , S a t 121 b ( Bollen ) 0 Betting-- 5 to 4 eget Rosette, 7 to 4 agst Faretra, 2 to 1 agst Spasms colt. Won by a neck; bad third. The Spasms colt bolted. The winner was not sold. The Melcombe Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 50 added. Mr C. Notley's Clementi, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (inc. slb extra) (J. Mann) 1 Ma H. Melville's Conundrum, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Holman) 2 Prince Soltykoff's Belle of the Vale, 3 yrs, Tat 61b _ _ _ (Hibberd) 3 Mr H. J. Smith's Fitz Avon, aged, Bst 161 b (F. Adams) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Clementi, 7to 4 agst Conundrum. Won by a head, bad third. THE PETITION OF RIGHT. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sir,—As England's glory is her love and observance o. law, truth, and justice, I would feel wanting in a most sacred duty were I to preserve a criminal silence, after witnessing the sinister occurrence on the 26th ultimo, of the House of Commons having been misled by statements wholly at variance with that "love and observance of law, truth, and justice," which should have been characteristic of those who represent the majesty of the law in that House, and have entrusted to them duties of the most high and exalted character. The marvellously correct versions which the public journals furnish—literally the ipsissima verba—of the law advisers of the Crown, enable me to substantiate my asser tions so securely, as to defy the hostile criticisms from legal quarters, which they are sure to encounter, and also to show the vain attempt made by those high and influential Go vernment officials to draw the mind of the House of Com mons away from fixing itself with becoming intensity on the invasion of the rights and liberties of her Majesty's subjects. The let Section of the Petitions of Right Act, 1860, (23d and 24th Vic., c. 34) states as follows : "That a petition of right may, if the suppliant think fit, be intitnled in any one of the superior Courts of Common Law or Equity at Westminster, in which the subject matter of such petition, or any material part thereof, would have been cognizable, if the same had been a 'natter in dis pute between subject and subject, and if intituled in a court of common law, shall state in the margin the venue for the trial of such petition." The subject matter of the grievance set forth in my peti tion of right, which is duly intituled in the Court of Queen's Bench, at Westminster, and has, " Middlesex " stated in the margin for the trial of such petition, is a malicious pro secution by the servants of the Crown. The petition suffi ciently shows " the subject matter therein set forth would have been cognizable in any one of the superior courts at Westminster " if the same had been a matter in dispute ar,a mnhi.et."_ Had not the servants of the Crown, but Mr. Robert Johnston, (who wrote the all-important autograph official letter of October 12th, 1831, which had the material post mark dates thereon, and the contents of which having come to light cannot possibly be reconciled with the contents of his affidavit, prepared and filed by the servants of the Crown, to prevent my setting aside the adverse verdict,) been' the party prosecuting, he would have been equally justified in assuming a power to close her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, at Westminster, against me, and in forbidding a writ to be issued out of that court, for a malicious prosecution at my suit against him, in order to be screened from the consequences of his misdeeds; as Sir George Grey is now justified in his assumption of power to prevent the law takiag its eourse, and in advising the Queen not to grant her fiat, in order to be screened— himself end the other high officials—the real defendants in the case—from the consequences of their misdeeds ; for the fiat to the petition of right ie nothing more than the com mencement of a suit by the issuing of that process, in the same manner as a suit against a subject by the issuing of a writ. By Sir George Grey's advice to her Majesty to withhold her fiat—the indispensable requisite for obtaining justice— the Queen is made to adjudicate upon important questions of law and fact between the Crown and the subject, and to perform the very highest of all judicial functions; because her Majesty is thus deciding the suit against the subject, without any possibility of its being brought under review of a Court of Error or Appeal —an a djudication adverse to the subject, final against his rights and made in private in favour of the Crown, upon the se fret advice and statements of Irish high officials, which statements, on having come to light, and being placed in the hande of the hon. and learned member for the King's County, he, in the most decided manner, pledged himself to the House of Commons, "WERE TOTALLY FALSE." All I contend for is, that this final and irreversible deci sion ought not to be pronounced against me without my being given the opportunity of pleading my cause. Appa rently, while such abuses are extant, we have not yet obliterated the tyranny of the Star Chamber. The assumption of power to thus substitute ministerial authority in lieu of the judicial tribunals of the country, whieh are appointed by law is therefore a grave constitutional question of the highest possible import, both as regards the subject and the Crown; in fact none can ba higher, and it is not of a political or party character , The Queers, by her corona tion oath, swears that she will govern h e r p eo pl e ae - Majesty, in viol a ti on of the express y whether he be a right or justice to acsenercydr ac di na g rey. tool of State w os, , t a na n toe d p n oe e rr i s t z l , l on e t h r er d r e wa n u y i st eh o , o r rh d i at e yd l a , a constitutionalny Justice to any one of her subjects ; or to rel ease and discha rge her Majesty from r w i g o r h d t s td h v e i s s t e a t h u e t r e ; to deny right and her sworn obligation to accord sure and righteous justice to all—lrish as well as English subj ects _ before her Judges at Westminster, in whichever of the courts of justice it now may please the subject to select. No more momentous question for the liberties of Eng 3and has come before the House of Commons since the famous constitutional statute of 1 628, when Charles the First refused to adopt the ancient form of the Royal Assent, "Soft r(roit fait comme it est desire: , For nearly a century overcome the rights of the mined people of that day saw the consequences, which necessarily would have subject;t the Stu a r h t s u s t t rtohveef free o e e b r a e n a d k u d e P te e r r o resulted from relinquishing so constitutional a right, as Stuart trial dynasty, jury: " n The s d in the rife ended the expulsion of the full establi s h ment of P et i t i on o f Right, which is the birthr i g ht of the subject. (See Chitty OD the Royal Prerogative , 341. Allen on the Royal Pre rogative, 93. Manning's Exchequ er P ract i ce, 84 . F os ter's Life of Sir George Eli ot, 2d Vol.) Petition of Right is the f ound ation upon which the great ness of England has been buil t. It existed before the Norman Conquest, and in sp ite of that conquest has tin con tinued to the present day. The operations of this right have smoothed the task o f our monarchy and rendered our Queen the happiest an d mos t beloved, as well as the in the world. Th e t rue d e fi n iti on it is the suit o f th e su bj ec t, w h o s e mostof petition of r iSovereigng right is that right is denied him, and who bath not any adequate remedy open to him for vindicating the came ; and it is addressed to the Queen herself, that the fountain of all justice may supply the deficiency. A necessity therefore exists for pre serving in its strictest integrity to her Majesty's Irish, as well as to her English subjects, this ancient and sacred institution, which is the best and firmest pillar of support under our constitutional Monarchy. In order to sustain Sir George Grey's uncoustituth nal advice to the Queen, "not to let right be done," and the assumption of power to subs titut e I l linisterial authority in lieu of the judicial tribune: e of the country, those influential and high law officials, who are themselves directors of Government in cases of emergency, hav;° had recourse to a mode of procedure, which is so gr ea t a pet7"iC c cud mockery of " law, truth, and justice," that it needs t ;: iv to L'e mentioned to meet with reprobation. Having already shown in a former published letter that the statements of her Majesty's Attorney. General far Traland_ tha T2ioht Ann Mr - at_ r. Mr. Glaisher's Twenty.•Seconnd Balloon Ascent, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. made ent ascents Silt,—Mr. Coxwell's balloon, n Which I h a d all the experi men t s f or t h e B r i t i s h Association up to April 6, bec om i ng un fi t to cont i nue t h e highac in safety to ourselves, Mr Coxwell therefore built a new one, which he named the Britannia, capable of containing 10,000 more cubic feet than the preced ing balloon, with the view of taking a second obi server, if need be, to the height of five miles, and in. which 1 had made three trial trips at moderate ele vations. Its destruction at Leicester, just as it was being brought into condition for high elevations, abruptly stopped all the arranged experiments. A long standing agreement between Mr Coxwell and the Crystal Palace Company to ascend on the Forester's day compelled him to use the old balloon, which was made as sound as possible, and furnished with new netting, car, valve, hoop, &c., especially for the occasion, as the whole of these appointments had been destroyed with the balloon. The balloon left the earth at six minutes after four, it reached one mile high in 14 minutes, the second mile was passed at 4.34, and the highest point reached, nearly 14,000 feet, at 4.50. Here there was no wind, and we continued at between 13,000 and 14,000 feet for more than a quarter of an hour. At five o'clock we began the descent, and were on the ground at 5.31. When at the height of 5,000 feet we experienced very little wind, and for some time looked down upon the same field; the balloon, however, revels , . ing in three or four minutes in the direction of S.E., N., and W. When we reched the height of 8,000 fest we felt the wind press against our faces, and we began to move quickly from the west. At 12,000 feet the air was near:y calm, and quite so at 13,000 feet, and we were here free from any progressing or revolving motion whatever, enabling me to take several sets of vibrations of a horizontal magnet as satisfactorily as on the earth, the result being undoubted that the time of vibration was lengthened. On begin ning the descent the balloon began to revolve, but in the opposite direction, viz., in the direction of S.W., N., and E., as observed by Mr. W. 0. Nash from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in 54 minutes, and afterwards in 5 minutes, these being the intervals of time in which he saw me succes. sively in the telescope, and this revolving motion continued till we reached the earth. On leaving the earth the temperature of the air was 73 deg. ; it declined to 284 deg., but not con tinuously, and it was 69 deg. on reaching the earth on our descending. The temperature of the dew point was 451 deg. on the ground; above 13,000 ft high it was below zero, and was 48 deg. on reach ing the ground. The air was most humid at 5,000 ft high both in ascending and descending. At the highest point the number of pulsations per minute were —Mr Coxwell, 102; Mr Cranston, 118; Mr Norris, 118; my own, 99; and respira tions were Messrs Coxwell and Cranston, each 22; and my own, 18. Situated at an elevation of 21 miles, without the ordinary motion of ac t thB n" f="" Luc, WV 1A.., Lava., Vu LOL Oil WEIS wawa view, exceptin g h ere an d there obscured by its own smoke, together with Deptford, Greenwich, the river Thames, Woolwich, the docks, all without motion, and all apparently near to us —every street, known building, and pathway connecting them, seen distinctly; Greenwich Park like a small gar. den, with its well-known paths like narrow lines, the Observatory as a grey speck, Blackheath very small and very bare; all on the same level; every high building, every hill, every eminence dwarfed down, every valley raised up, all apparently on a level surface, and that the plane of the river Thames; no sound heard excepting now and then the railway whistle; no moving thing seen except the tiny steamboat and diminutive train. The horizon was misty, so that distant objects were not visible; the Isle of Sheppey was, however, seen ; Gravesend and Rochester distinct. Above the mist for one half of the circle was a beautiful cumulus; other cumuli were like patches of wool resting on the ground. Then, passing the eye to places 30 or 40 miles distant, observing the gradual diminution of the fields till they were all lost together, forming a large sea of verdure. I cannot conceive a finer prospect than being thus becalmed in the car of a balloon, and viewing such a scene with a declining sun. To be fully ap preciated, however, it must be seen. We were accompanied by two gentlemen only, Messrs Norris and Cranston. On descending the grapnel first missed; sand was thrown out, and we rose instantly and passed over trees ; then the grap nel caught in a tree, breaking off large branches, and finally we came down in the centre of a field, having experienced one sharp bump, but no instru ments were broken. The place of descent was Why bridge, near Rainham, Essex, on the property of T. Mashiter, Esq.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Blackheath, Sept. 1, 1864. JAMES GLAISHER. Determined Suicide of a Military Officer. PORTSMOUTH, Sept 1. A most determined act of self destruction was perpetrated this morning at Anglesea Barracks, Portaea, by Captain Thomas Burchell Holloway, of the 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusiliers). It appears that about a quarter to six the deceased's ser. vent, Private Conway, rapped at his matter's door, but failed to obtain an answer, and he went and reported the circumstance to Captain Alfred Holt, who obtained an en trance into the room by means of a latch key. He die. covered the deceased, who was undressed, partly in and partly out of bed, with his head touching the floor. At first Captain Holt thought deceased had died from disease of the heart, which he had suffered for some time ; but, on raising him on to the bed, he found that his throat had been cut in the most frightful and determined manner. The wound liter a lly exten d ed from ear to ear , th e h ead being almost sev ere d f rom t h e b o d y . There was a very large pool of clotted blood by the side of the bed, and it was apparent that the deceased mast have leant his head over the side of the bed, and while in that positionhave cut his throat. Information of the tragic occurrence was given to Police-sergeant Constable, of the Borough force, who proceeded to the barracks, and di scovered a white-handled razor in the p ool of clotted bl ood, and it was apparent as the instrument w i th which the deed was The razor b e l onged to deceased, and he must e thatth it i t sw . have taken it from his razor-ease at the other end of the room. Dr Arth ur J . Greer, the regimental surgeon, was promptly in att en d ance, and pronounced life to be extinct. The body Was quite cold and stiff, and death must have taken place some hours previously. So far as can at present be learned there is no assignable Motive for the commission of this rash act. On the pre vious evening he appeared quite well and hearty, and nothing unusual was observed in his conduct or demea nour. About a quarter past nine he bcrrowed a latch-key from Ensign Robert Willoughby to open his room-door, and after doing so he returned the key to that officer. It is supposed that he then went to bed, as nothing more 'was heard of him, and he was never again seen alive. The body awaits a coroner's inquest. The regiment has only returned from India abort six weeks, and, during the brief period they have been b a bar racks here, two fatalities have occurred, as it we s only about a fortnight since that a private beloneinr tf th p re- --, ( Z ;,.-14;til ' 111141) both the Northern and the Southern States, and me my Northern opinions, and I was told that it won. as a much as my life was worth to introduce the subject of slavery; but when I got there and sat down among them they intro duced it themselves, They asked me to tell them what I thought of their domestiO institutions as compared to my own. They asked me if I did not think that the slaves in their country were better off than the people in my country were—were they not better clothed and better cared for than the working people in Eng land ? I said if the working men in England did not work they were not paid, but if they would work they were paid for their work. I do say that slavery is the curse of that country. (No, no.) But good may come out of it. Yet I say slavery was the beginning of this war—slavery is at the bottom of.it. (No, no.) I do not mean to say the North would conquer the Seuth. I hope they will come to see it right that there should be no more American-born slaves, but that slaver; will be allowed to die out, and that every American will be paid the value for his labour. (Applause.) I thank you, my lords and gentlemen, on belt tlf of Sir John Rarmden and myself, for the honour you have done us in drinking our healths. Several complimentary toasts followed, and the meeting broke up. NEWS PAP I 9.; , t • Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., S 0 N AN I) HEI R. A NOVEL. "A story of no ordinary merit. It cannot fail to attract the novel-reading; public. The principal scenes are remark able for their intense passion and vivid reality."—Messen ger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.